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From: cjosta@taux01.UUCP (Jonathan Sweedler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: 32K "do-it-yourself" kits...
Summary: someone else has already started a 32k "home-brew" system
Message-ID: <930@taux01.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 88 12:19:30 GMT
References: <2613@sultra.UUCP> <477@unocss.UUCP> <39@gnome6.pa.dec.com> <1264@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU>
Reply-To: cjosta@taux01.UUCP (Jonathan Sweedler)
Organization: National Semiconductor (Israel) Ltd.
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Sounds good to me to, but somebody else had the same idea about 7
months ago.  You might want to talk to them first.  I tried to get some
people here interested in the idea at that time, and they said that 
we could do the following:

> 1. Supply them with our version of Unix V.3 + help (if they need).
> 2. Meet them and disscuss H/W  issues (caches, speed etc.)
> 3. Give them the design info of VME532 (I don't know it they need
> it, as their design is very cost sensitive)

I don't know what happened with this though, or if the other design
effort ever got off the ground.  I haven't heard anything about the
design for about 6 months or so.  Anyway, here is a VERY short summary
of the original posting (copied, of course, without permission).

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>From: scwilk@sdrc.UUCP (Ken Wilkinson)   [also "...!uunet!sdrc!scwilk"]
Subject: THE '532 MANIFESTO"  (long)
Date: 15 Apr 88 18:29:35 GMT
Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corp., Cincinnati

                    The  '532 Manifesto
                (Apologies to R. Stallman)

Purpose:

          Design and build a computer based on the NSC '532 chip set.
   The computer will use presently available mass-produced componets to
   keep cost as low as possible.  Exploit cheap available finished IBM bus
   I/O boards, to take advantage of everybody else's volume.  

           Design will be a modified KISS approach (KISS Plus),
            "Keep It Simple Stupid" but as fast as possible!

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Ken Wilkinson took a poll to find out what people would want to see
in a '532 system and who was willing to help.  The response wasn't
overwhelming, as I recall, but he did get a few volunteers.  I
can re-post the entire manifesto or mail it to interested people.
Hope this helps and good luck (we're rootin' for you!).

-- 
Jonathan Sweedler  ===  National Semiconductor Israel
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